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Chinese Peace envoy in Sudan
Head of Chinese envoy, Mr. Liu Guijin, arrived Sunday, in Sudan to find a lasting solution to the conflict that has led to the...
Male Circumcision and HIV / AIDS
Is mass male circumcision the new big thing in HIV prevention, or is it a risky social experiment that threatens to divert funding from...
South Africa: Zimbabweans flee with hope and US$50
"We know why you're in South Africa - Life in Zimbabwe is murder these days", a billboard greets Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa's border...
EGYPT: changing attitudes to rape?
Egypt was scandalised last summer when an 11-year-old girl named Hend Farghali was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man. Petrified, the girl did not...
Sudan: Hundreds of children missing after Darfur attack
Several days after Sudanese government-backed militia attacked villages in West Darfur, hundreds of children remain unaccounted for, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
"There are...
“Equality Now” urges UNODC forum to address sex trafficking
Equality Now, an international human rights organization, Thursday called on governments to make specific commitments to end sex trafficking. The organization said it was...
Cameroon – Chad: Refugees from N’djamena still fearful of returning
Only a river separates N’djamena from Kousseri, Cameroon, where thousands fled last week’s violence. Fighting ended in Chad’s capital N'djamena almost a week ago...
Refugees still fleeing Chad
Refugees fleeing the Chadian capital N’djamena are still swamping border towns in Cameroon and thousands have started queuing at Nigerian border posts, said officials...
Reforming the Congo’s security forces
Five years after its war officially ended, insecurity and rights violations remain widespread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Part of the problem...
UN emergency fund CERF and NGOs – “Progress made, progress to make”
In a January report, Save the Children UK - one of the more vocal non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on humanitarian financing reforms - criticised the...
New improved disaster response tool
A new tool has been developed to help humanitarian agencies and donors analyse a disaster situation, make a comparison with another disaster that might...